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Arthur Bertram Blight
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Name Arthur Bertram Blight Born 4 Mar 1898 Warsaw, Ontario
Gender Male Died 1936 Buried Greenwood Cemetery, Kent County, Ontario
Person ID I21169 Jacob and Barbara (Schenk) Hoover Last Modified 1 Apr 2014
Father Alfred Samuel Blight, b. 10 Aug 1870, Parham, England
, d. 1953 (Age 82 years) Relationship Natural Mother Lula Dency Vansicklin, b. 23 Feb 1866, Cramahe Township, Northumberland County
, d. 10 Apr 1915, Ridgetown, Kent County, Ontario
(Age 49 years) Relationship Natural Married 5 Sep 1892 Cramahe Township, Northumberland County
Family ID F8333 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Dorothy May, b. 1900, d. 1937 (Age 37 years) Children 1. Gordon Blight, b. 1920, d. 1997 (Age 77 years) [Natural] Last Modified 1 Apr 2014 Family ID F8339 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes
Sources IODE, Chatham Daily News (25-03-1919)
INFORMATION FROM BOOKS OF REMEMBRANCE
Height 5' 10"
Eye Colour Brown
Age 18
Complexion Medium
Hair Auburn
Race White
Birthplace Warsaw, Ontario.
Religion Methodist
Last Place of Employment Student at Chatham Collegiate Institute.
Marital Status Single
When Enlisted February 16th, 1916
Where Enlisted Ridgetown, Ontario
Next of Kin Father- A.S. Blight, Ridgetown, Ontario.
Excerpt from IODE Books of Remembrance
Private Arthur B. Blight trained with the 186th. Battalion, leaving Chatham, for overseas March 22nd, 1917. He was admitted to Hospital Shortly after his arrival, where he received treatment for five months, and was then attached to the Second Canadian Command Depot, Bramshott Camp.
